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Sherman Carpenter letter

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.471.1

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Overview

Description: The collection consists of a letter written by Sherman Carpenter who served with the 45th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War II. He wrote the letter to his Baptist minister back home in Louisville, KY on Adolf Hitler’s stationary which he found in an empty office in a government building in Munich. In the letter, Sherman describes what he witnessed in the Dachau concentration camp.
Date: creation: 1945 June 10
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of David Jarrett
Collection Creator: Sherman Carpenter
Biography: Sherman Carpenter (1910-1985) served in the United States Army with the 45th Infantry Division during World War II. He served as a radio operator and participated in the liberation of Dachau.

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Letters.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged as a single series.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Copyright Holder: Mr. David Jarrett

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
Personal Name: Carpenter, Sherman.
Corporate Name: Dachau (concentration camp) United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by David Jarrett, nephew of Sherman Carpenter.

Record last modified:: 2024-04-01 11:42:35
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